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Mar 07, 2006 04:46 PM
by Steven Levey
Could never be a better way to celebrate White Lotus Day carlosaveline cardoso aveline <carlosaveline@hotmail.com> wrote: Dear Steve, Precious info, thanks a lot. Celebrations, 8th of May. Could you imagine a better day to celebrate??? Carlos. >From: Steven Levey >Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com >To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: Theos-World RE: H.P.B., THE U.S.A. AND US >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:38:32 -0800 (PST) > >Folks-This might help. > > Steve > > >VE Day celebrations in Toronto, Ont., May 1945. >Photo : National Film Board VE Day, 8 May 1945 On April 30, 1945, Hitler >committed suicide. On May 5, German forces in North-West Europe >surrendered. Victory in Europe, or VE, Day was officially celebrated three >days later. > > >carlosaveline cardoso aveline wrote: > >Christina, > >I don't know which country is yours, but in Europe the celebrations are >made >May 8th, >as long as I know. > > >Carlos. > > > > >From: "christinaleestemaker" > >Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com > >To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: Theos-World Re: H.P.B., THE U.S.A. AND US > >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:31:47 -0000 > > > >--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline cardoso aveline" > > wrote: > > >Hello, in our country we have that on the 5 th of May 1945, the end > >of WWII. > >How is that possible? > >Christina. > > > > > > > > > oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo > > > > > > H.P.B. AND `A REPUBLIC OF CONSCIENCE'. > > > > > > oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo > > > > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > > There seems to be a lot of anger against the United States of > >America these > > > days. > > > > > > In order get a broad perspective of things, we can remember a few > >facts > > > which reveal the link between the theosophical movement and human > > > evolution, since 1875. > > > > > > 1) Coincidence or not, the end of the World War II in Europe and > >the > > > victory of democratic countries is celebrated in the same day when > >the > > > founder of the theosophical movement closed her incarnation. H. P. > > > Blavatsky, who lived for Universal Brotherhood, left her physical > >body in > > > 8th of May 1891, and the War ended 8th of May, 1945. > > > > > > 2) Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the USA who lead the final > >moments > > > in the Second World War, was born precisely in May 8th, 1884. > > > > > > 3) It is also interesting that the Theosophical Society was > >founded in 1875 > > > in the city of New York, exactly seventy years before the > >creation of the > > > United Nations in 1945. And, of course, the U.N. Headquarters is > > > established in the very same city. > > > > > > 4) The U.N. Chart starts with a vigorous proclamation of the first > >objet of > > > the theosophical moovement -- that of Universal Brotherhood. Far > >from > > > perfection as they are, the theosophical movement is an inner seed > >of > > > universal brotherhood, just as the U.N. is its outer seed. They > >may need a > > > few thousands of years to flourish in a beautiful way. > > > > > > 5) Yet even the creation of the thesophical movement in 1875 was > >not a > > > process entirely new. The USA, as a motherland, did inspire the > >structure > > > of the Theosophical Society, and H.P.B. wrote: > > > > > > > > > "Born in the United States, the Society was constituted in the > >model of its > > > Motherland. The latter, omitting from its Constitution the name of > >God lest > > > it should afford a pretext one day to make a state religion, > >gives > > > absolute equality to all religions in its laws. All support and > >each is in > > > turn protected by the State. The Society, modelled upont this > > > Constitution, may fairly be termed `A Republic of Conscience'." > > > > > > So if the present policies of the U.S. government are wrong and > >unfair in > > > many an aspect, it may be wise to give it a few more centuries > >before we > > > get too angry or too frustrated. > > > > > > Meanwhile, we can take care of our own, somewhat still > >precarious "Republic > > > of Conscience" , the theosophical movement. Are we doing our > >homework in > > > the best way we can? Or do we still have kings, popes and > >candidates to > > > kings and popes in the movement? > > > > > > Best regards, Carlos Cardoso Aveline > > > > > > > > > O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O > > > > > > > > > (1) "The Collected Writings of H. P. Blavatsky", TPH, > >India/USA/UK, Volume > > > II, page 104. The text from which comes this paragraph is > >entitled "What > > > Are the Theosophists?" . > > > > > > > > > O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Copa 2006: Sabe como se diz `pênalti' em alemão? Clique aqui! > > > http://copa.br.msn.com/extra/dicionario/l-z/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Seja um dos primeiros a testar o novo Windows Live Mail Beta. Acesse >http://www.ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! 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